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UTAH /WESTERN COLORADO UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH ANNUAL CELEBRATION 2026
SEPTEMBER 18 – 19, 2026
MONTROSE, CO

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The 2025 Annual Celebration was held in Pagosa Springs, CO on September 19-2025

The Mountain Sky Conference Annual Gathering & Spiritual Retreat was held on October 17-18 in Montrose, CO.

Book Discussions 7:00pm on the THIRD TUESDAY of each month via ZOOM

2026 Reading Program

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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together the African Way
by Mungi Ngomane

“This book will open your eyes, mind and heart to a way of being in the world that will make our world a better and more caring one.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Ubuntu is a Xhosa word originating from a South African philosophy that encapsulates all our aspirations about how to live life well, together. It is the belief in a universal human bond and deep human connection: I am only because you are. And it means that if you are able to see everyone as fully human, connected to you by their humanity, you will never be able to treat others as disposable or without worth. By embracing the philosophy of ubuntu and living it out in daily life it’s possible to overcome division and be stronger together in a world where the wise build bridges, not walls.

These 14 lessons from the Rainbow Nation are an essential toolkit to helping us all to live better, together. In stories that recognize our common humanity, our connectedness and interdependence. Everyday Ubuntu helps to make sense of the world and our place in it. Exploring ideas of kindness, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance and the power of listening, it shows how we can all benefit from embracing others. Including practical applications and mindful exercises, it is an inspirational guide to a more fulfilling life as part of the large family to which we all belong.

Social Action (2026)

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

“Sensitive people and ‘quiet souls’ do have a place in social justice work. Find your way and avoid burnout with Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul.”

Social justice work, we often assume, is raised voices and raised fists. But what does social justice work look like for those of us who don’t feel comfortable battling in the trenches? Sustaining justice work can be especially challenging for the sensitive, and it requires a deep level of self-awareness, intentionality, and care to avoid overwhelm and burnout. However, those who consider themselves highly emotional, empathic, or introverted are wise, thoughtful, and conscientious. We need their contributions. Alongside inspiring, real-life examples of highly sensitive world-changers, author Dorcas Cheng-Tozun expands the possibilities of how to be a peacemaker and how to create a positive social impact, affirming the particular gifts and talents that sensitive souls offer to a hurting world.

Leadership Development (2026)

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Trash: A Poor White Journey
by Cedar Monroe

Set in Grays Harbor county, Washington, a post-industrial timber area, Cedar Monroe explores how capitalism and colonialism have devastated working-class and rural communities. Topics include: how systems exploit workers in dangerous jobs; how 66 million poor white people are often manipulated to compete rather than join forces with people of color; and highlights grassroots leaders forging connections with the broader global movement to end poverty.

Education for Mission (2026)

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Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Highway of Tears
by Jessica McDiarmid

For decades, Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been found murdered along an isolated stretch of highway in northwestern British Columbia. The highway is known as the Highway of Tears, and it has come to symbolize a national crisis.

Journalist Jessica McDiarmid meticulously investigates the devastating effect these tragedies have had on the families of the victims and their communities, and how systemic racism and indifference has created a climate where Indigenous women and girls are over-policed, yet under-protected. Through interviews with those closest to the victims–mothers and fathers, siblings and friends–McDiarmid provides an intimate, first-hand account of their loss and unflagging fight for justice. Examining the historically fraught social and cultural tensions between settlers and Indigenous peoples in the region, McDiarmid links these cases to others across Canada–now estimated to number up to 4,000–contextualizing them within a broader examination of the undervaluing of Indigenous lives in the country.

Highway of Tears is a piercing exploration of our ongoing failure to provide justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and testament to their families and communities’ unwavering determination to find it.

Social Action (2026)

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Zoom Annual Gathering  –  October 3, 2020
You and all members of United Methodist Women are invited to the Annual Celebration of the Utah/Western Colorado District to be held Saturday – October 3rd. This is your official CALL to our ZOOM meeting. The theme for this event is: “Living into Wisdom” Keynote Speaker: Mary Ann Tabor, Conference Coordinator for Social Justice. A Grand ‘ol Tea Party we shall have!  If you’d like to wear your finest tea party hat, we’d love to see them.

The schedule for the Annual Celebration includes topics such as: “Mindfulness”, prayer beads, “Hats Off to UMW” and a business meeting. Bring a sack lunch, a cup of tea and join us for some fun!

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Hard Times

UMW District Budget 2019

The Call Part 7 – STANDING RULES 2019 BUDGET

Annual Meeting – Pagosa Springs – September 18-19, 2015: